Plaid Cymru today told voters they were not risking the unknown by electing it to power at next year's Welsh Assembly election.

Shadow Welsh finance, local government and communities minister Janet Ryder said Plaid had proved its governing ability time and time again at council level.

She told the party's spring conference in Swansea Plaid's track record showed it would make an effective government of Wales.

'It really annoys me when people ask what Plaid Cymru would do in government,' she said.

'It annoys me because there is a track record, a proven history to show people. Plaid Cymru in government succeeds.'

She said the ruling Plaid groups in Gwynedd, Rhondda Cynon Taff and Caerphilly were working examples of sound, responsible financial management, 'not squandering millions as Labour councils have done in the past.'